Undergarment and the like



Nov. 16,' 1937. v. E. GREEN UNDERG'RYIENT AID THE LIKE Filed 0611.22,1955 lNvENToR VERNoR E. GREEN ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE UNDERGARMENT AND THE LIKE Application October 22,1935, Serial No. 46,063

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in undergarments such as drawers,shorts, trunks, skirts and the like, and is particularly directed to animproved waistband for such garments.

Several attempts have been made to provide undergarments of thecharacter indicated with elastic waistbands for supporting the garmenton the wearer with the desired comfort and yet be sufficiently elasticto adjust itself to the wearer and the movements of the wearer. Some ofthese prior structures provide a waistband which is composed entirely ofelastic; others provide a Ystrip or section of elastic set into aninextensible waistband; while others secure a strip of elastic over theinextensible band at one point, etc.

I garment having a waistband comprising a double wall, the inner wallbeing of circumferentially extensible material, the outer wallcomprising a section of inextensible material and a section of elasticvmaterial, the ends of the two sections of the outer wall being securedto each other to provide a continuous band superimposed on the innerwall. This provides a structure which conforms itself nicely to thewaist of the wearer, and at the same time avoids gathers in thewaistband which has been and is an objectionable feature present innearly all garments of this type as heretofore constructed.

In the accompanying drawing wherein I have illustrated a garment made inaccordance with one embodiment of my invention:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of my improved garment;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional View on line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, l designates the body of a garmentmade of the usual knitted fabric having its wales extending verticallyand having the usual legs 2 and 3. The upper edge of the garment isprovided with a relatively wide waistband of my improved constructioncomprising an inner wall 4 of knitted fabric material having its Walesextending vertically whereby to render the same extensiblecircumferentially of the garment and inextensible` longitudinally of thegarment; and an outer wall 5 the maj or portion 6 of which is of knittedfabric material having its wales extending horizontally whereby torender the same inextensible. The outer wall 5 is provided with asection 'l of elastic material of a width corresponding to the width of-the waistband, the ends of this section being stitched to the ends ofthe inextensible material at 8 and 9 to provide one continuous band.

The upper edges of the two walls 4 and 5 are bound with binding l0 whichis folded over these edges and secured thereto by stitching Il. Thelower edges of the two walls of the waistband are secured to each otherby stitching as shown at l2.

The garment illustrated is provided with the usual button front I3 butit is to be understood that the garmentmay be of the continuous bandtype if desired. 20

It will be appreciated that due to the inner wall being of extensiblematerial, when the waistband expands and contracts there will be nopuckering, shirring or wrinkling up of the inner band, as is the casewhere inextensible material is employed under the elastic strip, therebyproviding a garment which is uniformly smooth and comfortable and whichprovides a neat finished appearance.

It will also be appreciated that further comfort is provided due to thefact that the elastic strip 'l does not contact the body of the wearer,but instead the body is in contact with the soft fabric of the innerwall 4.

It is to be understood that while I have illustrated and described oneembodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to this precisestructure as obviously various changes and modiflcations may be madetherein without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is:-

A garment of the class described comprising a body portion of knittedmaterial having wales eX- tending vertically and adapted to cover thelower body portion and crotch of the wearer, a double walled waist band,the walls of which are stitched to each other throughout the upper andlower edges thereof, the front section of said waist band comprisingsuperimposed plies of knitted mate-V rial, one ply having its walesextending vertically, the other ply adjacent the front of the garmenthaving its wales extending horizontally whereby to confine the saidfirst named ply and to render the front section of the Waist bandinextensible, the back of the waist band comprising a horizontallyextensible piy of knitted matera :and an at least as origwhen contractedas the portion elastic member superimposed thereon, said elastic of theinner wall on which it is superimposed member being secured at its endsto the inextenthereby to provide a smooth and unwrinkled sible frontsection, whereby to provide a back inner Wall. section, the outer Wallof which is elastic and the VERNOR E. GREEN. 5 inner Wall extensible,the elastic member being

